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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY OONCERN Beit known that I, WILLARD S. FOLLENSBEE, of the city of Janesville, in the county of Rock, and State of Wisconsin, have invented a Great-Conductor for grouting wells; and I do hereby 4declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, inlwhich-l Figure is aplan or top view of a well with my conductor in position for use.

Figure 2 is a vertical section of' well with the conductor the same-as in fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a view of the supporting-frame or rack.

Figure 4 is a longitudinal section of the conductor.

Figure 5 is an enlarged view of a portion of the lower sections of the conductor. y

The nature of my invention relates to grouting wells, and` consists, first, inthe employment-oi` a metallic tube having a funnel or' hopper-shaped mouth to conduct the grout from the top of the wellto its desired position in the same by simply shovelling or pouring it into the open mouth of the tube at the top of the well, thereby avoiding the necessity of keeping a man in the well while the same is being grouted, and consequently` the danger arising from the frequent caving in of old wells withwooden curbing, and the falling of stones and other bodies upon the head of the operator below, as well as the labor incident to lowering the grout in buckets, as in the ordinary manner; second, in supporting a great-conductor in its proper position in a well by meansof a movable frame or-rack, of the form of the ordinary cheese-rack,.surrounding or claspng the neck of the conductor* bel'ow its mouth, and having its ends resting on the ground 'at opposite sides of the well; third, in constructing agrout-conductor in sections, joined as hereinafter described, so that thereby it can be more easily i carried and placed imposition; that'it can be more easily cleaned and more readily adjusted to the depth of the well or the distance the grout is to be lowered.' i i f To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation. i

In the drawings, G represents the ground 'or earth walls back of the curbing E of the well, which is here represented as the ordinary plank curbing; H H', the'grouting-tubs or forms; I, the grout in position between the forms and curbing; and A the great-conductor, reaching to the top ofthe well. I prefer to construct this conductor in short sections, b and b', of heavy sheet metal, with their ends passing into each other after the manner ofthe sections of an, ordinary stove pipe, and Ahaving, like the latter, a shoulder 0r rib,j`, to prevent 4their pressing too far together. To keep them together, I employ generally a short chain, g, with the lower link secured in a staple in the lower section, and the upper link passing' over ahookpn, in the upper sec- -tion. I prefer a chain with three links, operating as shown, as thereby the sections are prevented from 'becoming disunited bythe accidental slipping off ofthe chain from the hook, while at the same time they can be readily disjoiued, when desired.' The upper section terminates in a funnel or hopper-shaped mouth, a, for the more ready admission of the gront, and is supported-on a movable rack, B, that rests across the top of the well. The construction o i' the rack can' be readily vseen from the drawings. The-lower section b of the conductor may have a strengthening-band, L, through whichpass'cs a staple or ring, z', to which is secured the lower end of the rope D, that reaches to the top of the wel1, and passes around the windlass C. The object oi' this rope and windlass is to support and lower the lower sections of the conductor into the well as fast asother. sections are added at the top, and also to similarly aid in the Withdrawal of the conductor from the well.' It will be seen that the grout can be discharged in any portion of the well desired by simply moving the upper end over the point desired by'means of the rack. v

What Iclaim as new, and'for which-I desire Letters Patent of the United States, is

A grant-conductor, composed of sections, connected as described, and arranged to operate substantially as set forth.

" 'WILLARD S. FOLLENSBEE.

Witnesses: 1 S. D. LocKn, x G. H. WILLIs'ro'N. 

